“Season of Loss” was written in early 2016, after I read the phrase in an article discussing the death of David Bowie and other celebrities that year. I’d gone through some personal loss as well, and it was the usual grey Seattle late winter weather, so the phrase struck a chord in me. The result? This song. Despite the references to greyness and loss, it’s one of the most cheerful-sounding songs I’ve written, and probably my favorite chorus.

Season of Loss

 spring feels so far away
 right now it’s grey
 and every day I miss your smile
 
 I try to find the joy
 it’s just a ploy
 without the boy and is the wait worthwhile?

 I’m going nowhere fast
 this cannot last
 it’s just our past that blocks the way

 Somehow I still have hope
 that’s how I cope
 a clichéd trope makes sense to me today

 [chorus]
 In this season of loss
 Can I fathom the cost
 of maintaining belief in your love?

 I’m too stubborn to think
 you’d be gone in a blink
 when we had the faith that we had
 or was that love between us
 a strength we could believe or
 something meager?

 I’m told it just takes time
 this uphill climb
 to the sublime, a new lifestyle
 
 spring feels so far away
 right now it’s grey
 and every day I miss your smile

 [chorus]
 In this season of loss
 Can I fathom the cost
 of maintaining belief in your love?
 
 I’m too stubborn to think
 you’d be gone in a blink
 when we had the faith that we had
 or was that love between us
 strength we could believe or
 something meager?
 
 [bridge]
 I swore I’d believe in you
 you swore you’d never break my heart again
 
 [chorus]
 In this season of loss
 Can I fathom the cost
 of maintaining belief in your love?
 I’m too stubborn to think
 you’d be gone in a blink
 when we had such faith 
 
 In this season of loss
 Can I fathom the cost
 of maintaining belief in your love?
 I’m too stubborn to think
 you’d be gone in a blink
 when we had such faith 
 
 spring feels so far away
 right now it’s grey
 and every day I miss your smile 

 © 2016 Wendi Dunlap (BMI)